diff --git a/src/redis.h b/src/redis.h
index d77d5b30efeac5203965203f23f039ea3963770a..d62bd80e56a4aec4a0942b1f0e343ab2b9387a62 100644
--- a/src/redis.h
+++ b/src/redis.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 #define REDIS_MAXMEMORY_NO_EVICTION 5
 
 /* Scripting */
-#define REDIS_LUA_TIME_LIMIT 60000 /* milliseconds */
+#define REDIS_LUA_TIME_LIMIT 5000 /* milliseconds */
 
 /* We can print the stacktrace, so our assert is defined this way: */
 #define redisAssertWithInfo(_c,_o,_e) ((_e)?(void)0 : (_redisAssertWithInfo(_c,_o,#_e,__FILE__,__LINE__),_exit(1)))